The Penn State Altoona Alumni Society’s eighth Community for Kids Golf Tournament will be held June 23-24. The event benefits the Blair County Children’s Advocacy Center, the Penn State Altoona Alumni Society scholarship program, and Penn State Altoona Intercollegiate Athletics.
School shootings, which may appear to be common, actually represent only a small fraction of the gun violence that occurs in the U.S. each year, according to Lacey Wallace, associate professor of criminal justice at Penn State Altoona. Although no action can bring back those lost in these acts of violence, individuals can try to see to it that any reactions are grounded in research evidence rather than political fervor and emotion, explains Wallace in a new Insights from Experts post.
The webinar “Business Entities and Legal Issues for Startups” will be offered by the Altoona LaunchBox supported by the Hite Family and the Saint Francis University Small Business Development Center on June 23. This free, live webinar will feature the Penn State Law Entrepreneurship Assistance Clinic, which provides free legal assistance to Pennsylvania entrepreneurs.
Stefanie Kempton, assistant professor of communications, and communications alumnus Mark Frederick have been named to the Altoona Mirror’s “20 Under 40” list.
Timothy and Tammy Peterman, of Altoona, have committed a seven-figure gift to establish the Zachary T. Peterman Class of 2014 Memorial Electro-Mechanical Engineering Student Scholarship Fund at Penn State Altoona.
Penn State Altoona students Tyler Frye, Rachel Kosaka and Alicia Williams won the David Orrick Undergraduate Student Paper Competition at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Penn State Altoona's Harriett Gaston and Jerry Zolten will present at the Railroaders Memorial Museum's History After Hours double feature on Thursday, July 7.
A new look and feel will greet visitors to Penn State’s Commonwealth Campus websites beginning June 21. The refreshed websites, which apply to each of the University’s Commonwealth Campuses, are the result of in-depth research on user needs and best practices, resulting in modern, mobile-friendly and engaging sites that highlight the power of Penn State’s campus communities.
Join the Altoona LaunchBox supported by the Hite family for “Recruitment Tools – Where to Find Employees.” The workshop will take place from 12:05 to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, via Zoom.
